Outline India evaluated the safety of surgery and anesthesia in low-resource settings by providing training to doctors, nurses, anesthesiologists and other OT staff on the WHO surgical safety checklist and pulse oximetry.
Lifebox Foundation, an international NGO, aimed to understand the effect of the training provided to medical facilities, determine the uptake of medical equipment especially oximeters during and after surgery, recall value of training, use, usability and routinization of oximeters, and culture of safety and quality improvement among practitioners.
For this study, Outline India visited a total of 38 hospitals and nursing homes, conducting in-depth interviews with 60 doctors, nurses, OT staff and anesthetists.